Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to publicize The Horn Studio Graduate Assistantship and
Tuition Waivers for Hornists at Illinois State University. Please
post and/or share this announcement with those who may be
interested. For more information, please reply directly to me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Horn Studio Graduate Assistantship & Tuition Waivers at Illinois
State University
The Illinois State University School of Music anticipates a Horn
Studio Graduate Assistantship Vacancy and Graduate Tuition Waivers
for hornists for 2007-2008. Stipend is $6,300. per year plus a full
Tuition Waiver worth $5,100. per year for Illinois residents and
$10,650 per year for non-residents. The assistantship is a
renewable award worth up to $16,950. per year for non-residents. In
addition to performing in a graduate brass or woodwind quintet and
large ensemble, other duties may include instruction of studio
overload/instruction of studio during faculty tours, assisting with
Horn Choir and Master Class, coaching student chamber ensembles,
studio teaching, classroom teaching or audio recording, depending on
the candidate's interests and experience and departmental needs.
Additional performance opportunities may be available in several
regional orchestras.
Hermann Baumann, Barry Tuckwell, Gail Williams, Froydis Wekre, Eric
Ruske, Martin Hackleman, hornists from the Philadelphia Orchestra,
Paris Opera, and the St. Louis, Houston, Baltimore and National
Symphonies and hornists with the U.S. Marine, Army, and Navy Bands
have presented Recitals, Concerts and Master Classes at ISU. Jesse
McCormick, 2nd Horn of the Cleveland Orchestra, will present a Guest
Artist Recital, Horn Master Class and a Lecture on Winning Auditions
on April 2, 2007.
Applicants may want to visit the Applied Horn Webct site which
provides, syllabus, curriculum guide, web links, online metronome,
scale sheets and the Milner Library online listening reserve of
streamed horn mp3s from great cds. The webct site for Applied Horn
can be accessed as follows: In your web Browser window, enter the
URL http://www.webct.ilstu.edul
login for Music 131.20 is: musguestjn
password is: horn
Applicants may view the Illinois State Wind Symphony's Dec. 15, 2005
Concert w/Karel Husa at the Midwest Band/Orchestra Clinic "streaming"
at http://www.midwestclinic.org/videos/band_archive.asp#illinois
Since 1997 all graduate students have won positions in military
bands, doctoral fellowships, orchestras and teaching positions. To
learn more about recent studio activities and see studio photos (also
attached), please refer to p.26 of the February 2006 The Horn Call.
Illinois State University is located in Bloomington-Normal, a
musically active and culturally rich city of more than 100,000.
Illinois State University offers the Master of Music in Performance,
Conducting, Composition, Music Therapy and the Master of Music
Education. The application deadline including the on campus audition
is February 1, 2007. For more information, contact Dr. Joe Neisler,
Associate Professor of Horn, at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Applications are available at:
http://www.admissions.ilstu.edu/#iguide
http://www.grad.ilstu.edu/
http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/music/graduate/performance.shtml
Please send School of Music application materials to Dr. Angelo L.
Favis, Campus Box 5660, School of Music, Illinois State University,
Normal, IL 61790-5660. Graduate School applications should be sent
to Admissions as directed on the forms. Visit the School of Music
web site at http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/music/
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Dr. Joe W. Neisler
Associate Professor of Horn
School of Music
Campus Box 5660
Illinois State University
Normal IL 61790-5660
Phone: 309-438-5063
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Solo Horn, Opera Illinois, Prairie Ensemble
Illinois State University Sonneries Quintet
Conn-Selmer Educational Artist
Bands of America Horn Clinician
Jurist, International Horn Competition of America
http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/faculty_staff/biographydetail.asp?u=jneisle
http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/music/
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